I Became The Only Healer In The Academy [EN]: Chapter 64

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“Ahem, so, there’s something I’d like to ask you, but before that, would you mind telling me what kind of reward you received for clearing the gate?”

These were not people who could be fooled by clumsy lies.

Even if Seonghyun combined all the time before his regression, the Deputy Association Head in front of him would have been a hunter for longer.

‘He probably knows roughly what the reward for that gate is.’

But he couldn’t tell the truth.

The ability Seonghyun received was Conversion.

Just looking at the word, it was an ominous ability, and he would have to explain about faith, so he couldn’t just say it as it was.

And it was also an ability that went very well with healing.

“…Purification.”

Seonghyun answered with the ability he had revealed before.

“Purification?”

The former Prime Minister looked at Seonghyun with even more shining eyes than the Deputy Association Head.

“Explain in detail, in detail.”

Seonghyun continued the question in place of the former Prime Minister, who was sending him shaky eyes.

“So, can you repay our debt?”

Seonghyun was a little dumbfounded at the expression of repaying a debt.

It wasn’t like they told him first, and the reason they brought him here was probably to get something in return, but they were so brazenly asking him to repay a debt.

“No, Deputy Association Head. The expression ‘debt’ is wrong.”

“Yes, yes?”

The former Prime Minister seemed to have finished organizing his thoughts and looked at Seonghyun with a determined expression.

“Hunter Kim, I will no longer ask about clearing the secret gate.”

“…Are you serious?”

“Yes. Separately from that, can you do me just one favor?”

Indeed, the Prime Minister was not an easy person.

He knew very well that if he had asked for a favor using the clearing of the secret gate as an excuse in this place, it would not have given a good impression.

So, by cleanly not asking anything about what Seonghyun had taken, he was giving a bit of a mental debt and making a personal request.

“What…kind of favor?”

Because the other party was who they were, Seonghyun was very nervous.

Could it be about potions, or something else?

“Please…take a look at my daughter.”

The Prime Minister did not kneel, nor did he bow his head.

He just looked with eyes filled with deep earnestness.

“If you just take a look, I will give you what you want. Money if it’s money. Power if it’s power.”

Now, money was not meaningful to Seonghyun.

Of course, the more the better, but strangely, he didn’t want to heal people for money.

“First…I need to see her condition.”

The former Prime Minister was genuinely pleased with Seonghyun’s answer, and a slight smile appeared on his face, which seemed like he would never smile.

“Then please see her right now.”

No wonder they brought him to the hospital; it seemed like there was someone here he needed to see.

Seonghyun got up from his seat with the Prime Minister and the Deputy Association Head and left the room.

Then, he entered the hospital room right next door.

“She’s probably asleep now. She’s in a state of great exhaustion…”

The former Prime Minister’s expression as he looked at his sleeping daughter was that of a helpless father who realized he couldn’t do anything for her.

“More than that, what’s her illness?”

The Deputy Association Head answered Seonghyun’s question instead.

“The young lady was originally an ordinary person. But she wanted to become a hunter. So she took a drug that forcibly unlocks abilities, and that’s when the side effects occurred.”

The content itself was simple, but the situation was not.

Seonghyun was also familiar with the side effects.

It was a side effect where the body couldn’t accept the forcibly created magic power and recognized it as a virus.

‘So this kind of thing still happens.’

It was something that often happened even before his regression, but it seemed to have existed long before that.

“As you may know, the greater the value of the ability unlocked by that drug, the stronger the side effects. And the ability the young lady had before the side effects occurred was the ability to control electricity.”

There were quite a few people with the ability to control fire or water.

But the number of abilities that control electricity or light, these other types of properties, was significantly smaller, and the value was that much higher.

“That means the side effects were that much greater.”

“That’s right. It’s been about 3 years since then, and with current medical technology, the best we can do is prevent, or rather, slow down the deterioration.”

The former Prime Minister didn’t say anything and just looked at the two of them.

Could that young man really do it?

Was the ability to heal simply an ability to heal not only wounds but also illnesses?

If he wasn’t in his position, he would have wanted to give away all his fortune.

“First, I’ll check.”

Seonghyun stared at the sleeping woman.

He didn’t need to do small things like putting his hand on her forehead or taking her pulse.

The woman’s physical condition was a mess itself.

Even Seonghyun, who wasn’t a doctor, felt that there wasn’t a single thing that was right.

Above all, the biggest problem was the rampant magic power, and even its nature was different, making it difficult to even grasp with current technology.

‘Heal.’

In the past, he would have hesitated a little because of the size of the pain he couldn’t even guess, but now Seonghyun was more familiar with pain than anyone else.

So, without the slightest hesitation, he used Heal right away.

As always, a familiar but unwelcome sensation flowed through his body, and at the same time, the woman’s complexion, which he looked down on, seemed a little more comfortable compared to just now.

“Ah, her complexion…!”

The difference was quite large, to the point where the former Prime Minister and the Deputy Association Head immediately noticed the changed complexion.

A pain with a different feeling than what he had felt so far was coming to Seonghyun.

If throbbing or stabbing sensations were all of the pain so far, now it was a pain that made him think that he might be tearing his flesh.

“Ugh…”

“Are, are you okay?”

The former Prime Minister looked at Seonghyun like that.

He was looking at Seonghyun, not his daughter, whose complexion had improved.

An ability similar to a blessing and a curse that requires you to feel the pain of the subject in order to heal.

“…”

No matter what the former Prime Minister was thinking, Seonghyun continued to use Heal.

It was a similar feeling to when he healed Jinseok’s parents before.

There were no external wounds, but the inside was festering.

‘At this rate…’

He had only used Heal, but the magic power that had been rampant in the woman’s body was already calm.

However, it was only temporary, and it was clear that it would run wild again after a little time.

‘If I use Purification here…’

The physical pain was felt by Seonghyun instead, making it calm, and all that was left was the cause.

Fortunately, he didn’t feel any pain when using Purification, so Seonghyun used Purification right away.

‘Purification.’

There was no big change with just one use.

He could feel something deeply embedded in his body slowly disappearing.

‘Is that a lump forcibly created by the drug?’

Seeing it disappear every time he used Purification, he thought that if he cured this disease, she would not be able to use her ability.

“Former Prime Minister.”

“Speak.”

“If she can’t use her ability instead, if I can cure her…”

“Is, is it possible?”

“I don’t know yet. I’m asking first.”

The former Prime Minister looked at his daughter’s face.

What choice would his daughter want?

But he couldn’t even remember how many years it had been since he saw her relaxed complexion, so the former Prime Minister nodded.

“Still…she has to live.”

“I understand.”

Seonghyun continued to use Purification.

Once, twice, five times, ten times.

The more he used it, the more the unidentified something felt in the woman’s body was disappearing.

“It’s already this time…”

The former Prime Minister and the Deputy Association Head could only swallow dry saliva without being able to do anything, and they looked at Seonghyun and his daughter alternately.

For 30 minutes, Seonghyun did not move and maintained his original posture.

“Hoo…”

Soon, Seonghyun wiped the cold sweat and sat on the bed where the woman was lying.

“Ho, how did it go?”

At the former Prime Minister’s urgent question, the Deputy Association Head handed Seonghyun the water he had prepared in advance and waited for an answer together.

“I think I need to watch a little longer.”

It was always like that.

Need to watch.

I don’t know yet.

The former Prime Minister had always heard the same answer.

But it was different now.

The words ‘need to watch’ were heard not as whether it was possible or impossible, but as how long it would take to recover.

“That means…”

“I don’t know when she will wake up, but I have achieved the standard of treatment I think.”

Now there was nothing more Seonghyun could do.

Unless another ability is unlocked.

“Thank you…really.”

Although he didn’t know the results yet, the former Prime Minister bowed his head to Seonghyun with sincerity.

“The greeting is fine. It’s natural for a hunter to hunt monsters.”

Seonghyun guarded the hospital room with the former Prime Minister and the Deputy Association Head.

According to the former Prime Minister, the time his daughter woke up a day was at most 2-3 hours, and the rest of the time she was lying down unconscious.

And those 2 hours had already been awake today, and in fact, it was impossible to wake up more today.

“Actually, I was lucky.”

“What do you mean by lucky…”

“Didn’t I get a new ability here? If it wasn’t for that purification ability, it would have been impossible.”

The former Prime Minister held Seonghyun’s hands and said.

“How can I repay this favor…”

Seonghyun smiled faintly and replied.

“It’s okay.”

This one word was enough.

The person named former Prime Minister was not someone who would pretend not to know this favor, and when the time came, he was someone who would show movement on his own without Seonghyun’s request.

“Ugh…”

A groan of awakening was heard, and the former Prime Minister went straight to his daughter.

“Are, are you okay?”

“Dad…? What happened?”

The daughter checked her physical condition again.

She thought she couldn’t feel it well because she had just woken up, but when she looked closely, the pain she always felt and the magic power that was running wild in her body had become calm as if nothing had happened.

“Hunter Kim healed you.”

“Hunter Kim…?”

The woman, wondering who that person was, stared at Seonghyun and recalled a memory of watching the news someday.

The culprit who lowered Japan’s prestige ranking and the owner of the only healing ability in the world.

“Then that person is…?”

“Yes. But the ability…I can’t use it anymore.”

She felt a little disappointed, but that was all.

She would never do such a stupid thing as taking medicine again.

“Seo, surely that healing ability means feeling the pain instead…?”

The woman opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth with both hands.

Seonghyun, at the reaction that seemed quite surprised, answered lightly with a nod without saying anything else.

“Thank you…really thank you…”

She was a woman who had vowed never to cry while lying on the sickbed due to side effects, but now she couldn’t hold back the tears that were bursting out.